The St. John seventh grade boys track team came within four points of winning St. John's Junior High Invitational on Tuesday with 106 points followed by Macksville's third place finish with 84. Macksville's eight grade boys placed fourth in the eight grade division.

On the girls side, both of Macksville's girls teams placed third, the seventh gathering in 83.50 points, and the eighth girls getting 80 points in their division. St. John's eight grade took fourth place with 53 points while Stafford's seventh graders took fourth with 51 points.

One of the highlights of the meet was Macksville's Kolton Pavlu smashing the Meet's record for the 8th grade boys discus throw, his last toss going 144-06.50 feet, seven feet farther than the old record. His throw also broke Macksville's 8th grade school record, breaking Evan Loomis's old record by almost four feet. Three events for Larned also broke Meet records, the first in the 8th girls Shot Put (36-01.75), the second in the 8th boys 4x200 Relay (1:45.71) and the third, the 8th boys Medley Relay (1:51.64).

Other highlights were St. John's 7th grade boys dominating the triple jump, with Jorge Calleros placing first, Macksville's Bryce Casper getting a first in the 7th 75 Meter Hurdles, Nick Lucas first in the 7th 1600 Meter Run, St. John's Sammy Ramirez a first in the 7th 200 Meter Dash and the 7th 400 Meter Dash, St. John's 7th 4x100 Relay a first and Macksville's 7th 800 Sprint Relay a first, Stafford's Preston Cenitia first in the 7th 800 Meter Run and Mikey Agular's first in the 8th 400 Meter Dash.

Highlights for the girls were Stafford's Erika Reynold's first in the 7th High Jump, Macksville's Kaite Blevins a first in the 8th High Jump, Haley Haberman a first in the 7th Discus Throw, Katrina Waters a first in the 7th Shot Put Throw, Margaret Penner first in the 8th 3200 Meter Run, Gilda Lopez first in the 8th 800 Meter Run, 7th 800 Sprint Medley and 8th Sprint Medley both getting a first, St. John's Anne Kenworthy a first in the 8th Triple Jump and the 7th 4x100 Relay getting a first place.